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Jack Shamblin: Gender-flux, Writer, Actor, & Producer. My website is Genderjack. Pronouns are flexible.

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From Negentropy Nexus Online Residency → to the stage at Dixon Place, NYC

Curated by Hugo Paquete at Absonus Lab, Jack “Mia” Shamblin’s project first took shape within the experimental research environment of the Negentropy Nexus Online Residency.

From this speculative framework of negentropy, order emerging from chaos, grew THERAPYTHIA, a queer oracle of myth, memory, and transformation.

A multimedia ritual of voice, body, sound, and image, the work has evolved from research-in-progress to stage performance, now premiering at the HOT! Festival 2025.

A Queer oracle. A ritual of myth, memory, and personal transformation.

Born during the Omicron wave in Greece, this multimedia solo performance weaves together physical theater, storytelling, video projection, and sound to reclaim voice and power through performance.

Written & performed by Jack Shamblin
Sound: Daniel Antoniu | Visuals: Colin Ginks
Direction: Jane Catherine Shaw | Puppetry: Mira Singer

Dixon Place, NYC

Photo & Video Documentation Credit:
Marc Parroquin

#queerperformance #experimentalart #postdigitalaesthetics #lgbtqart #multimediaperformance #nyctheater #performanceart #queerlab by @absonuslab

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My theatre has always been a carryover from childhood—
playing out adventures that elevate my psyche and transform my lived reality.

🌈✨ Thanks to everyone who supported, donated, and showed up for Queer Lab: Live & Unfiltered at Dixon Place on July 12th!

📸 Pictured: THERAPYTHIA, written and performed by Jack Shamblin, with sound collaboration by Dan Antoniu and visuals by Colin Ginks. Directed by Jane Catherine Shaw, with puppetry assistance by Mira Singer. Presented at Dixon Place, NYC. (Photo by Marc Parroquin.)

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Jack Shamblin is a Queer performance artist, healer, and playwright.

A citizen of the Cherokee Nation (Anigilohi Clan), his work fuses ritual, personal myth, and experimental performance.

He debuted The Skriker by Caryl Churchill onstage with Philip Seymour Hoffman, and originated a role in Anne Bogart’s Marathon Dancing.

In NYC, his plays have been featured at La MaMa, Dixon Place, and HERE. *(Yes, Alexis Arquette once performed Jack’s take on Myra Breckinridge.)

Internationally, he’s collaborated with Lisbon artists and taught at Centro Em Movimento.

In 2015, he published Queering the Stage, and he currently hosts Queer Lab at the Dramatists Guild Foundation.

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#QueerLab #JackShamblin #QueerTheatre #THERAPYTHIA #CherokeeNation #ExperimentalTheatre #DixonPlace #LiveAndUnfiltered #QueerArt #NYCTheatre #RitualPerformance taken in Dixon Place by @absonuslab

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Refocused my actor’s reel. New is a clip from experimental film created with Colin Ginks in Delphi Greece. I definitely should do some #scarymovies #queeractor #actorsreel #actorslife #tgnc #nonbinary #scifi #horrormovies taken in Brooklyn, New York by @absonuslab

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Very Kweer Lisboa and night out with @colin.ginks by @absonuslab

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Join us however you are on your Queer playwriting journey. Queer Lab is a creative space for LGBTQ+ playwrights to share new work, experiment, connect, and grow together. #nyctheatre #queerlab #queerplays #actorslife by @absonuslab

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Some final days in OKC. taken in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by @absonuslab

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Finally some not 105 degree weather and I got to run through my show I am preparing for Portugal. Meta, making myths. I am become the 21st century Oracle of Delphi. Lots of fun. taken in Oklahoma by @absonuslab

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Here we go again! DM or RSVP miakunter@gmail.com for Zoom link. Bring your plays or prose. #queerwriters #actorslife #queerart taken in New York, New York by @absonuslab

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Funny how space allows for new inspiration. Just some behind the scenes as I continue to get THERAPYTHIA ready for a pop-up performance near you. #greektheatre #queerperformance #queerlab #jackshamblin #artistsupportartists by @absonuslab

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
🇵🇹 7 PM Portugal
🗽 2 PM NYC
🌾 1 PM Tulsa
🌴 11 AM Los Angeles

ONLINE

Hosted by Jack Shamblin

RSVP: miakunter@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

For writers, actors, producers, directors, and other creative collaborators.

Bring 10 pages or more and be ready to upload your work to the chat as a PDF.

Scripts. Essays. Prose. Songs. Works in progress.

No need for it to be polished. The lab is for the process.

#QueerLab #queerperformance #actorslife #writers taken in New York, New York by @absonuslab

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Queer Lab Online! Friday, August 7, 2026
2–4 PM EDT 🇺🇸 Eastern
1–3 PM CDT 🇺🇸 Central
11 AM–1 PM PDT 🇺🇸 Pacific
7–9 PM 🇵🇹 Portugal (Lisbon)
✉️ RSVP: miakunter@gmail.com for Zoom link #queerwriters #actorslife by @absonuslab

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Had a lot of fun rehearsing THERAPYTHIA outside. There’s something magical about rehearsing in nature. With its ancient Greek theatre spirit, the trees, sky, and open air become part of the performance. #liveart #performanceart taken in Oklahoma by @absonuslab

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